METHOD OF ADAPTING AN ANTENNA BEAM TO CURRENT OPERATING CONDITIONS, APPARATUS OF PRODUCING AN ADAPTED ANTENNA BEAM AND ADAPTIVE ANTENNA SYSTEM - Patent 1226625

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EP 1 226 625 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	31.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/31

(21)	Application number: 00982639.7

(22)	Date of filing: 11.10.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01Q 3/26

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0041/150

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0128/037 (19.04.2001 Gazette 2001/16)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR LI
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

11.10.1999 US 415699

(71)	Applicant: Ditrans Corporation
	Newport Beach, CA 92660-8848 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MASENTEN, Wesley, K. Irvine, CA 92612 (US) DELL-IMAGINE, Robert, A. Orange, CA 92867 (US)

(74)	Representative: Bucks, Teresa Anne et al
	BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)

(54)	METHOD OF ADAPTING AN ANTENNA BEAM TO CURRENT OPERATING CONDITIONS, APPARATUS OF PRODUCING AN ADAPTED ANTENNA BEAM AND ADAPTIVE ANTENNA SYSTEM